Australia's medical workforce has a staffing gap. Best Practice Medical has spent 15 years helping close it

From regional GP clinics to metropolitan hospitals, BPMed connects healthcare facilities with qualified locum doctors — quickly, reliably, and around the clock.

Sydney, NSW — When a hospital loses a doctor to illness, leave, or unexpected demand, the consequences move fast. Rosters collapse. Permanent staff absorb the load. Patient care gets stretched. The question isn't whether to fill the gap — it's how quickly it can be done.

Best Practice Medical (BPMed) was built around that problem. Founded in 2008 by a practising doctor with firsthand experience of how staffing shortages play out on the ground, the agency has spent more than 15 years placing locum doctors across Australia — from busy metropolitan hospitals to regional practices that can't afford to go a day understaffed.

A network built on more than availability

Filling a shift isn't the same as filling it well. BPMed's placement process is built around fit: matching the right doctor to the right facility based on specialty, experience, and the specific needs of the role. Every doctor in the network has completed a detailed credentialing process, and the agency holds ISO 9001:2015 quality certification and NSW Health accreditation to locum standards.

For doctors: flexibility without the admin

For doctors, locuming through BPMed means access to shifts across a wide range of specialties and settings, on their terms. JMOs, registrars, specialists, and GPs can set their availability, nominate preferred locations, and take on work that fits around the rest of their life.

The agency handles the paperwork. Invoicing, credentialing, payroll logistics — BPMed takes care of the administrative side so doctors can focus on the clinical work itself. That matters more than it sounds. Long shifts in unfamiliar environments carry their own wear, and the small things add up: a poorly set-up consultation room, a chair that grinds across the floor every time you move it, a workspace that nobody has thought about in years. The admin on top of all that is BPMed's problem to deal with, not the doctor's.

For facilities: round-the-clock access to qualified staff

Healthcare facilities working with BPMed get more than a list of available names. They get a partner that understands how hospitals and clinics actually operate, what different roles require, and how to move quickly when timelines are tight.

BPMed is a preferred provider for a number of leading public and private hospitals across Australia and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A crisis shifts SMS service lets facilities fill urgent vacancies at short notice without having to chase through a queue.

"It is really great working with the BPMed team, everyone has been so helpful and accommodating, making locuming very easy and stress free." — BPMed locum doctor

Doctor-led, and built to stay that way

BPMed is owned and operated by a practising doctor who remains active in the clinical setting. That's not a detail buried on the about page — it shapes how the agency recruits, how it communicates with both sides, and how it handles placements that don't go to plan.

For doctors and healthcare facilities alike, that grounding in clinical reality is what separates BPMed from a transactional staffing platform. The goal has always been the same: get the right doctor into the right facility, and make the experience good enough that both sides come back.

About Best Practice Medical (BPMed) Best Practice Medical is a doctor-owned specialist medical recruitment agency founded in 2008, based in Kogarah, NSW. The agency connects locum doctors with hospitals, GP practices, and healthcare facilities across Australia, covering JMOs, registrars, specialists, and GPs across all specialties. BPMed holds ISO 9001:2015 quality certification, is NSW Health accredited to locum standards, and is a corporate member of RCSA and AMRANZ. www.bpmed.com.au